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Louise Keeley Is exercise bad for you? This piece of coursework is to discuss the possible bad effects of exercise besides the well advertised positive effects. I found that it was extremely difficult to find adverse effects of exercises to be widely published. It is always stated that exercise is a necessity for a healthy and long life in one form or another due to its unlimited benefits. '(1) keeping active helps maintain the capacity to perform activities of daily living and has effects throughout the body. Within the skeleto-muscular system, exercise preserves (and can improve) muscle and bone strength and helps maintain joint flexibility. The increase in venous return to the heart induced by activity stretches the myocardium and causes the heart to contract more forcefully. With regular exercise the heart adapts by strengthening the myocardium; this means that the heart performs less work for any given activity. The increased...

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